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Meggy's Story

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For today's post. I would like to talk especially about three things

This is going to be a long post.

There is some more violent and graphic content in this post that is not for the faint of heart. Read at your own feet.

I would like to thank Glitch Production and the writers of the SMG4 series. I will be attempting to retell one of their most important arcs for the blog. I apologize if I mess up or have anything unsavory. I'm trying to mesh The SMG4 existing canon with my interpretation and my additions to the Mario universe.

Enjoy with your own caution and my warning.

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For some reason. Meggy wanted to hang out last night.

They were gonna have some holiday gala thing at the castle. So Meggy needed to get out.

And apparently, her friend Tari is in New York for a Game competition. so she won't be back until next week.

Garth: Is there any reason why you wanted hang out with me. I think the splat arena is open.

Meggy: Yeah. But its mostly younger kids. It's not really a challenge.

Garth: Oh. … So what do you want to do.

Meggy: eh. I don't really care. As long as I can get back after my dad thinks he can do a "Backwards Long Jump" up the stairs.

Garth: Wait what?

Meggy: never mind. Why don't we go to your hometown and not talk about that.

Garth: Uh...Sure.

We used the warp.

We are both feeling kind of hungry so we just had decided to head to Jumpy' Sweets.

I ordered a Funnel cake and Meggy ordered an elephant ear

Meggy: This elephant ear is... The best thing I have ever eaten!!!

Why don't we have this on Panko.

Garth: FDA I think. [Redacted information] has made [More Redacted Information] more sought out after [Even More Redacted Information]

Meggy: If I could eat this. I'm willing to not eat DonMichaels ever again.

Garth: I mean I guess if you do it in moderation. You can still have both.

Meggy: Yeah but if I ever want to when splatfest for... Wait have i ever told you the story?

Garth: What story?

Meggy: The story of how I decided to win splatfest.

[Flashback: Summer 2009]

In an orphanage, Inkopolis

A young inkling was setting up her new bunk.

She had lost her parents to a car crash 3 years ago.

With no close enough relatives, she was put into foster homes and orphanages across the city.

~

Garth: Is that you?

Meggy: What do you think?

Garth: Sorry.

~

Recently there was a string of kidnappings happening

Only inklings and Octolings were being kidnapped.

So it was highly encouraged that they would only be outside with an adult or in heavily populated.

The orphanage was actually on lockdown.

???: Hey dweeb

Meggy: [Sigh] Desti. What do you want?

Desti: Me and some of the other kids were going to sneak out to the range to practice tonight.

Meggy: And?

Desti: We wanted to see if you wanted to come with.

Like a dumb[redacted]. I decided that that would be a good idea.

Desti: {Shoots ink] So what do you want to do when you grow up.

Meggy: I dunno. maybe be a Professional Splatfest player.

Desti: Really. [Snickers] Good luck trying. I'm going to be better than you.

~

I'm going to cut in here and give an abridged version since I can't remember the entire conversation.

It boiled down to light teasing and how they both want to win Splatfest. Meggy was a bit more casual while Desti was competitive. It was a bit nerve-racking yet a bit sweet.

~

Yet. Like a couple of sitting ducks.

Desti and Meggy: WHAT IS THAT!?!?

We were captured.

We did not know who kidnapped us. But it was a terrible thing to happen to us.

They kidnapped us. and transported us for what felt like forever.

When we were finally allowed out of the buckets. We found ourselves in a makeshift jail cell.

Desti: Where are we

Meggy: I'm unsure. but wherever we are. It sure is creepy.

There were lots of other inklings, outflings, and other Inkana citizens. Anyone who could produce ink.

We saw them as a group of people. not particularly threatening It was mostly nerds. But there were a few other people. But the most notable one was a large lizard in a shirt.

They grabbed an inkling by the neck. Forcing him into a cartridge. They used a device. I'm not sure what it was. But it looked like a giant ink pen.

???: Get It ready. I want to have this up and running. The

???: But Francis Are you even sure it will work.

Francis: If it doesn't. Increase the EMP Frequency with that Axolotle. Then demand the proper instructions again.

Whatever was going on. It was not good.

They forced a bunch of inklings and outflings into chains. Allowing them to drag them to who knows where.

They had come for us.

They were going to drain us of our ink. Ourselves.

~

Garth: Wait. Isn't ink getting removed from you all the time? Like sweat or carbon dioxide? I mean, You would realistically lose a lot when in a turf war or any other time when you use ink.

Meggy: Okay. One stop interrupting me, and two, it's okay if an inkling expels a little bit of ink. Even a decent amount if they replenish it quickly. Now let me get back to the story.

~

After they had tested the device.

They had dragged us to these large tubes. All bunched up together

It was not looking good for us. They had decided to drain us like leeches. Using us for ink until we were almost dead.

Francis: Let's drain this batch. My waifu is losing its luster and I need a new one.

They were using our ink.

For Waifus.

Apparently, there were also some people who wanted to use it for cheap work or something.

But it seems like they were using it for Waifus

They were going to use the ink pen thing on us.

Lucky us. They slipped up and broke our chains with the pen's ink. It made a large sword.

Those of us who could get out made a mad dash to get out of there.

Not all of us made it however.

They had this glass wall that closed.

Meggy: Desti!

Desti: Meggy!

The wall closes

Meggy: Don't worry. Ill find help.

Desti: You better. Just promise you'll come back.

Meggy: I promise. Keep fighting.

I ran like Underwhere.

I was being chased through the sewer.

Luckily, there was a manhole cover up ahead

After I jumped out into a place. It was called...Something Aurora. I managed to hide in a nearby bucket of paint.

That was the last thing i remember before falling asleep from being tired.

~

Garth: What happed to the other escapees?

Meggy: i don't know. I think some were caught, others went down the same path as me.

Garth: Have you tried getting in contact with them.

Meggy: I think so. I went to the retirement party of an old woman i escaped with.

But lets get back on topic. And stop interrupting me

~

Mario and Peach had just gotten off of recent political discussion. Citizens from Inkana had been kidnapped. but immigrated citizens had also been attempted to be kidnapped.

To get there minds off of it in order to destress. They decided to do some painting.

Wall Painting for some reason.

They opened up a can of paint to find...

Mario: An Inkling?

Peach: What?

Mario?: I found an inkling in a can of orange paint. She seems unconscious but otherwise okay.

After i had woken up. I was to tired to even talk.

~

Meggy: i had spent Grambi knows how long in a bucket. Its a miracle i did not get brain damage or stunted growth.

Garth: I didn't even say anything that time.

~

They treated me like a kid. I hadn't felt like that in years.

To be honest. It felt nice.

Even if they were calling authorities for missing persons report.

They still made me feel comfortable.

I remember that after the day i had. It was quite possibly the best day i had in years.

They sang me a lullaby before putting me to bed.

But in the morning. I had finally gotten my voice back.

And first thing (totally not after a delicious breakfast) i had explained the entire situation

Mario and Peach: FRANCIS!?!

Meggy: You know him?

Peach: I had to go through a [shudders] dating sim.

Mario: 2003 was a horrible year. But you know where he is?

Meggy: Something Aurora. i went through a sewer. Red bricks.

Mario: You must be talking about Port Aurora The 17 Street and Coconut Avenue Intersection.

Meggy: Maybe that's it. But i'm unsure if that is the location.

Peach: I'm sure of it. We actually had gone on a walking tour of the sewers on our honeymoon.

Mario: and you wanted to go to Isle Delphino.

They got help and headed to the island. They blocked off the sewer and proceeded to storm it.

Mario: Meggy, are you sure that you want to come with. We could manage to find their base.

Meggy: I made a promise to my friend. and I'm going to keep it.

Mario: Okay, you can come with, but be careful.

We stormed the base.

Mario: THIS IS THE SUPER AND AN ASORTED BAND OF HELP AND HEROS! GIVE YOURSELVES UP OR THERE WILL BE DIRE CONSIQUECES!

Meggy [Sitting on Mario's Shoulders: What he said!

Francis: Hark. Is that a band of loud mouthed dorks. Shall i give up....Get the Shonen protagonists and JRPG.

A fight broke out. It was like a world war. It was not pretty.

But we had managed to get to the main draining room.

Desti: MEGGY! you came back. Help me get out of this tank.

Mario: Is that your friend. Lets save her.

We freed the inklings and started breaking up the wei...i mean evil tech stuff.

Francis: [Grabs anime sword] IM NOT LETTING ANYONE MESS WITH MY DREAM. [STARTS SWININGING VIOLENTLY]

Mario: Go break the lock on your friend's cage. I'll take on this anime lover.

I ran to the tank that my friend was in.

[Robotic voice: Ink Still in subject. Do not open until all ink has left.]

As a split second decision. I decided to enter the device.

Desti: [weakly]: Meggy what are you doing.

Meggy: I'll give up some of my ink if it means we can make it out.

I turned on the device . Which would remove enough of my ink in order for both of us to escape.

The last thing i remember was a giant explosion. apperntly the

I don't know what happend next

But when i had awoken. Me and Mario were mostly alright. But Desti was...

She was dying.

Desti: Meggy. Im not going to make it.

Meggy: Don't say that. Well get you help.

Desti: Come close. i can see the light getting the way. And i don't know if its me. But you look diffrent. But what ever happens I want to do something for me.

Meggy: Anything. I'll do it.

Desti: I want you to win Splatfest. For both of us. I want you to win for the both of us.

Meggy: I will Desti.

Dest:

Meggy: Desti! Desti!!! DESTI!!!

~

...

Garth: I'm sorry that you lost some one important to you.

Meggy:...Thanks. Even if she is gone. she still lives on as a part of me.

And im still trying to win splatfest and live life.

Garth: That's good. but what happend next.

Meggy: Well. We held a funeral for Desti. We actually had dedicated the beach we sent her coffin away at.

Mario and Peach agreed to foster me until further notice. Eventually adopting me.

All the Inklings and Octolings were give the choice to go back home or see where they wanted to go.

That Axolotl guy got back his ink pen thing.

Garth: Thats good. But why did Desti say you looked diffrent.

...

Meggy: You can't be serious.

Garth: No. I am serious.

Meggy: You seriously don't know.

Garth: Know what.

...

Meggy removed her beenie.

@buddy-boi-420 drew this piece. They do great art.

Garth: Your Half Starchild!!!

Meggy: I feel like the story already established that. But yeah. I'm half Starchild.

Garth: But. I've seen you without your hat? and you had tentacle hair.

Meggys: No. You've seen artwork without my hat but with tentacle hair. I'm unsure why your friend draws me like that. The artist one I mean.

Garth: Oh.

I think she was talking about my friend @shootysturs / @poyo-shooty-art He draws great art.

Meggy: But you did see me without my hat at the Valentine Masquerade Ball.

Garth: ... That was you?

Meggy: Yeah. You act like you didn't know it was. I know it was you. Even if you were wearing a donkey mask.

Garth: [Blushes]

Meggy: You didn't know didn't you.

Garth:...

Meggy: [gets a notification on 1nk Phone] I got to go Dad broke the stairs.

Garth: What?

Meggy: Dad partied too hard. And he thought he could Jump backwards and through walls. I sent you a screenshot of the video.

Art also drawn by @buddy-boi-420

it's Mario before attempting to backwards long jump. Miyamoto is recording on his phone.

Garth: Dang.

Meggy: You do not want to see the aftermath. I'll tell you about it later though. See ya

...

I think I'm in love with my best friend.

[jelixpo]

Persephone and Hades, but rigged

sorry but I'm not super familiar with Greek mythos or Lore Olympus for that matter

[peasley-with-another-drink]

Any favorite alchoholic drinks?

I do love my White Wines, specifically Moscato.

[bleck-n-crew]

Yooo! Your mod was shown in a lost bits video!

I KNOW! I WAS TOLD ABOUT IT! I’M REALLY HAPPY! qwq

[pop-goes-the-sneasel]

Alcremie?~ <3

Alcremie!!!!

So, Alcremie’s a nifty little Fairy-type pokemon based on whipped cream, or more specifically a British dish called “Eton mess”, a dessert comprised of whipped cream, meringue, and fruit. It looks good, but it’s also British food, so y’know. Approach with caution. It also has an absolute SHITLOAD of forms: it comes in nine different “flavours” (ten counting the shiny), with each flavour having seven different potential toppings: strawberry, love, blueberry, clover, flower, star, and ribbon. That makes for 63 different forms, 70 with the shiny, which is a LOT.

Alcremie evolves from Milcery using a special method: performing a twirl in the overworld. The flavour it has is determined by time of day, direction of the twirl, and duration of the twirl, and a quick less-than-five-second clockwise spin in daytime gives you Vanilla Cream. Apparently it gives its trainer cream-decorated berries when it trusts them, and it secretes cream from its hand that becomes sweeter when it’s content, which is neat but cream secretion is kinda…..hm. It’s aesthetically pleasing and makes for a good “default”, and I feel we don’t really need to touch on the others.

Haha, just kidding, I’m insane! Let’s do this!!!!! Next up is Ruby Cream, which you get with a quick counterclockwise spin in daytime. It keeps Vanilla Cream’s lovely pink outlines but swaps the off-white main colour for pink as well, making for a much more fruity-tasting aesthetic. This one is said to have a “sweet and tart” flavour due to the way its cells shifted spontaneously upon evolution. I do like the colour but it kinda feels TOO pink, y’know? 

Matcha Cream is next, obtained with a quick clockwise spin at night. It has an “aromatic” flavour, due to…..the way its cells shifted spontaneously upon evolution. Apparently the rest the dex entries are carbon copies of each other with different flavour descriptions, so let’s speed this up! The green of Matcha is pleasant, and very distinct from the other forms. Matcha is just a cool flavour to include, too.

Next up’s Mint Cream, which you get from twirling counterclockwise for more than five seconds at night. It has a “refreshing” flavour, and is our first flavour that has a two-toned colour scheme going on, with white tips to its hair which don’t make as much sense but add a welcome breaking up of the colours. This one might be my favourite non-shiny flavour, actually!

Then there’s Lemon Cream, which is obtained through spinning clockwise for more than five seconds at night. It’s a very bright yellow with white tips, and has a “sour” flavour, as one would logically expect. Though lots of lemon stuff isn’t actually sour, in my experience? No idea why, not gonna research lemon-based confectioneries right now.

Next is Salted Cream, which you get from a quick counterclockwise spin at night. It predictably has a “salty” flavour, which sounds kinda conceptually gross for something creamy, but apparently it isn’t and salt’s a common ingredient of ice cream? Also this is actually the one I evolved my own Milcery into! I regretted not going for Mint instead afterward, but eh. It’s also kinda the only form the flower treat works well with, though I prefer the heart sweet with it, which mine had.

Then we’ve got Ruby Swirl, which you get from twirling counterclockwise for over five seconds in the day. It’s got a “mixed flavour”, whatever that means, and seems to take Vanilla Cream’s off-white base and gives it deep pink tips and accents (including a different-colour collar). The mixing of colours here is neat and the combo is pleasant.

Caramel Swirl is next, obtained from twirling clockwise for over five seconds in the day, and it has a “bitter” flavour. I’m not sure “bitter” is how I’d describe caramel, but I’m not sure how I WOULD describe caramel, so. It’s got a light brown colour with white tips, aesthetically pleasing and caramel-y.

And last amongst the flavours is Rainbow Swirl, a special “secret” flavour obtained by spinning counterclockwise for over 10 seconds at dusk (between 7:00 pm and 7:59 pm, specifically). Its relative difficulty to obtain is counterbalanced by its colourfulness, though honestly, it’s a little heavy on the warm yellow tones for a rainbow. Still nice, though, and it apparently has a “complex” flavour. I guess it’s a blend of all of them?

Alcremie also has a Gigantamax form, based on a giant wedding cake. I’m not sure how whipped cream conceptually transitions to wedding cakes, but it’s a neat design. And it low-key reminds me of Charlotte, the candy witch from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, which is a huge compliment. Not anywhere near as cool, but still! It also launches missiles “loaded with 100,000 kilocalories”, which would....probably just kill you.

And we’re still not done!!! Alcremie has a shiny too, which is a LOVELY dark grey with white tips, effectively acting as an alternate flavour. It could theoretically represent activated charcoal or squid ink due to the colour, though let’s go with the latter since it doesn’t tamper with medications. It’s my favourite colour for Alcremie by far, and one of the best shinies in the franchise!

Phew!!!! We did it! But yeah. Overall, I like Alcremie a fair bit, and its concept has some great flavour to it. Its vibes are a little bit sweet for my tastes, though :U

10 flavours/10.

[ask-marios-apprentice]

A break with mom and dad

Sigh.

I still smell like Fabric and tea.

Because of my recent victory

I decided to take a break and check on mom and dad.

They apparently had taken a recent day to explore castle town

Artwork done by @shootysturs /@poyo-shooty-art

I did some warp stabilizing today.

1. I played some Arcade games (Donkey Kong 3, Mario Brothers, and Waluigi Pinball) beating the high scores of the first two manage to get me a couple stabilized warps.

2. Mushroom delivery: I had to deliver a Mushroom from Grimm Brothers to the Goodman bank of trust,

3: Mary Os crossword puzzle: The castle Secretary Marys newspaper crossover was turned into a mini platforming challenge. After completing it. I got to stabilize the warp that made the mini platforming challenge.

After those things though. I ate lunch with my parents at Kinopios Cafe.

It went well. Mom has mainly found herself just browsing my blog and organizing new lessons. Every time I catch her reading a post of mine. Her eyes are widen.

Dad has been getting used to the mushroom kingdom surprisingly enough. He has even started selling some Mushroom Kingdom Vehicles at his new dealership. Well. New to me anyways. It's called Dreade Point.

We also talked about a recent experience that they had. While getting something to munch on the other day. They saw the pipe that they could have taken (these ones were safe to use) instead of the stairs.

Both of them are also surprised by all the species that are in the Kingdom.

They thought it would be just "Goombas, Toads, and everything that was in the old games" (their words, not mine).

That's pretty much it.

Garth signing off.

[ask-marios-apprentice]

Drawn by Shootysturs

Recently me and Mario were doing some fireball training in the caves. Nothing really much happened. But an artist nearby did draw this really nice picture of us.

She is here on Tumblr.

@shootysturs & @poyo-shooty-art

http://shootysturs.tumblr.com

Garth signing off.

[peasley-with-another-drink]

Will you ever take off your wig? I don't think it would be that bad

... Maybe one day, after all, my outside image does matter to my people, I wouldn’t want to give that up quite yet.  but then again, I do feel like a coward for caring about such a thing.